Fives was bandaged up in what looked like some sort of cloth. His arm was in a brace of some kind along with his leg. Rex was relieved that the ARC was alright, but the look on his face told Rex that something went wrong while he was here. When they landed on Jedha Fives had met them at the rendezvous point. Commander Tano and General Skywalker had listened to the ARC's report before heading to the briefing room with General Kenobi. When the Jedi had walked over to them Rex could see murder in the ARC's eyes. Murder directed at Skywalker and Kenobi.

"Fives," Rex spoke up moving over to stand by his ARC trooper practically feeling the tension rolling off of the brunette.

"What did they tell you about the insurrection leader," Fives asked immediately staring out into the crowd of the two battalions.

Rex turned his head to the ARC startled by the tone of voice. The last time he had heard anger like that they had been on Umbara. What happened here? Why was Fives angry?

"We were shown a hologram of him. Black customized clone armor, three cybernetic limbs, customized sniper rifle. They call him The Reaper's Echo apparently. Reaper for short. They didn't have much on where he came from only that he works with Dooku. Why," Rex explained before glancing at Fives not understanding where the ARC was going with this.

Fives' jaw was clenched tightly a burning fire in his eyes. The tenseness in his shoulders tightened even further. Fives growled lowly not daring to look at Rex.

"Have you seen his face," Fives asked next speaking through clenched teeth.

"No…. Fives what do you know," Rex questioned stepping in front if the ARC trying to meet the fury in Fives' eyes.

Fives was silent as he stared at Rex. The ARC narrowed his gaze lightly as if he didn't know if he could trust Rex with the information he had. Rex twitched under the harsh gaze as he placed a hand on the back of Fives' neck.

"Talk to me Rayshe'ae," Rex whispered searching Fives' gaze using the mandalorian term for the ARC's name.

The burning gaze softened as the ARC sighed and turned his head to press a kiss to the inside of Rex's wrist. There was defeat in the ARC's eyes. Defeat, pain, hurt, anger, disgust. Rex hadn't seen this look before.

"Reaper is Echo. Echo, Rex. He was alive this whole time. I left him behind," Fives whispered meeting Rex's gaze.

The captain's veins turned to ice as he listened to his ARC. Echo. Echo was the insurrection leader. Echo. Fives wasn't the only one who left the other ARC behind. Rex had been close with Echo as well, but not as close as he was to Fives. The clones had hated leaving behind one of their own and Fives had been angry at the Jedi when they got back. Angry in a way that he had never seen before.

"How do you know," Rex asked quietly his voice small.

"Rex I shot him in the face. His helmet was damaged. I could see his face. I know what Echo looks like. I know Echo," Fives snapped at the captain anger underneath his tone even though it wasn't really directed at Rex.

Rex opened his mouth when an explosion went off in the city cutting his sentence off. Clones and Jedi alike stared at the large fiery cloud that rose over the city. Fives swallowed heavily next to Rex. That must be Echo then.

/—/—/

"Get the kyber crystals leave The Republic to me. Move now. I want my pay by the end of this job," Reaper hissed at the group of droids and the other mercenaries he was given to work with as he watched his new artwork burn in the sky.

There were choruses of 'yes, sir' and 'whatever' behind him as he grinned at the fire in the sky. Maybe he could see that clone again. Reaper frowned at himself and shook his head lightly. No he needed to stay on task. He could worry about his past later.

Reaper shifted his rifle in his hands as he pulled on his helmet. Damaged as it may be he quiet liked the danger it provided. They didn't call him insane for nothing. The yellow eyed male moved towards the city ready for destruction to reign on Jedha.

"Down with the Republic."

/—/—/

The Jedi had split the battalions up into groups so they could take down the insurrectionists. Fives warned the Jedi that the leader was a sharp shooter, and that they would be dealing with Urban Warfare. The ARC didn't tell Kenobi or Skywalker who the leader was though. Ahsoka on the other hand was trust worthy. She was vod. She could be trusted.

Rex and Cody were right behind him when he explained to Commander Tano who Reaper was. Ahsoka promised that if she and her group ran into him that their blaster would be set to stun. Cody had passed the word out to set blasters to stun for the leader only. Fives thanked both Commanders. The Separatists had done something to Echo and they were bot going to get away with it.

The groups had split up and made their way into the city. It wasn't even five minutes in when everything broke out in to hell. Brothers were falling to sniper shots. None of them were kill shots, but they were ones that decommissioned the clones quickly. It was wearing out the medics.

When the blaster fire ended it took Fives a moment to realize that someone had reached Echo. Someone had found him. The ARC's anxiety increased as he listened in on the comms to try and find out who found him. Then his stomach dropped. No one had found Echo. Echo had found Commander Tano.

/—/—/

Everyone knew that Reaper was a skilled fighter. Everyone knew that he had killed Jedi padawans before. So when it was called over the radios that Reaper had caught a Jedi padawan the Separatists pushed forward highly motivated to win. They had the upper hand now.

Reaper eyed the lightsabers that the Jedi padawan had been carrying. The yellow eyed male flicked his gaze to the group of clones and Jedi he had captured. He had threatened to kill the youngest first if they moved. That forced them to fold. He made a gesture to one of the commando droids in the room giving a silent order to watch the roof tops. The commando droid nodded and disappeared from view leaving Reaper with four other commando droids.

He knew clone tactics like the back of his hand. He didn't remember much from his past, but he did remember that algorithm and being left behind for dead. He would never forgive them for that. Never.

The Republic was really only in his way here. They had nothing he wanted. Right? He didn't need his past right? Dooku said that he didn't need it. Dooku told him that The Republic never cared. That not even his brother-by-choice cared. As if he remembered his brother-by-choice anyways.

He heard a shift behind him. The yellow eyed male sighed. That was disappointing. He really didn't want to have to kill some young trooper. Then again they shifted. He could get away with a leg shot. Sighing he puled his blaster and turned around. The clones seemed to shift closer to one of the others giving away their target. He rose his blaster and fired. The group flinched as the younger clone yelled out in pain grabbing for his leg.

"That is your only warning. The next shot will be in the head," Reaper warned glaring at the group.

He didn't need his past. He was a machine. A soldier. Right?

/—/—/

I'm evil. I'm not gonna flip Echo back to Echo so easily so don't worry. I'm just doing the self-doubt because they are clones. Now when he sees Fives for without his helmet on then we are gonna have a problem.

If anyone has suggestions or would like to insert OCs for some of the clones please comment. OCs will be used for onky one or two chapters before I switch them out with other OCs.

I've also started up a Rex x Fives ficlet story! Go check that out for small one-shots set in different universes including this one.

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